Robotic furniture
The Ori System can change shape, size, move around and customise itself
Living in tiny, congested spaces is a regular
feature of modern existence. As free spaces shrink, and real estate rates soar,
plenty really is a problem. Small houses are made smaller still by all the
furniture around. And once your furniture’s in place, it stays there—save for
some Herculean effort.
But now, thanks to the kind folks at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, modular furniture can change shape, size
and move around at the call of your voice.
The Ori System is the world’s first piece of
completely robotised furniture. It shifts and adjusts itself into myriad forms
depending on the size of your house, the time of day, or simply, your mood.
Time for your morning cuppa? Ori will dutifully shift itself against a wall and
prop up a coffee table for you.
Time to thank god for Friday? Sure. Ori will
make itself scarce and retire into a corner. Set a ‘bed-time’ and sit back as
it extends a bed for you.
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The
system lends itself to countless customisations, and the company promises
‘one room, a hundred ways’. Ori appropriately draws its name from Origami,
the Japanese art of paper-folding, and promises to be just as exquisite. But,
far more expensive, of course.
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At $10,000, the system isn’t exactly cheap
furniture. Or cheap anything, for that matter. If you’re willing to shell out
five digits for a fancy shelf, how small must your house be, really? For me,
I’d rather just push my shelves and cabinets around myself, thank you very
much.
> Fully retractable bed and table
> Self-adjusting shelves
> Automated movement system
> Voice, app, and touch control system
Source | The Hindu | 19 June 2017
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